BBC slammed for 'colonial clichés'

The Campaign for English English has criticised the BBC's Finance Correspondent Stephanie Flanders for saying in a report from the G20 summit that "China should step up to the plate."

A spokesman for the CEE said last night: "At the very least, China should be on the way to the crease from the pavilion. If you are going use a cliché, at least make it traditional English one, instead of referring to a totally alien colonial sport. At the CEE, we avoid them like the plague."